Humanism and Democratic Criticism

by Edward W. Said

Book Overview

In the radically changed and highly charged political atmosphere that has overtaken the United States--and to varying degrees the rest of the world--since September 11, 2001, the notion that cultures can harmoniously and productively coexist has come to seem like little more than a quaint fiction. In this time of heightened animosity and aggression, have humanistic values and democratic principles become irrelevant? Are they merely utopian fantasies?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231122640
• ISBN13: 9780231122641
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher